Wailana Borrero pitched a two-hitter and Jessica Iwata doubled in Alyssa Carvalho from second in the sixth as Kaua‘i beat Waialua, 1-0, in the final of the Data House Softball Division II State Championships at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

It was Kaua‘i’s first state softball title, with the Red Raiders finishing runners-up the past two years.
In the Kaua‘i sixth, Carvalho led off with a single to second, and Naja Pungan followed with a bunt to the mound. The pitcher’s throw to the second baseman at the bag was dropped on a potential force play.
After a pop out, Iwata lined the first pitch of the at-bat to the gap in left-center to score Carvalho, and put two in scoring position.
Kaua‘i was 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position the rest of the game.
The Red Raiders lost out on another chance to score when Pungan was thrown out at the plate on a ground ball to Waialua third baseman Gabrielle Maxwell.
Wailana Borrero walked two and struck out six, including the game’s final two batters. Both hits she allowed were infield singles.
Kaua‘i (14-1), the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation champion and No. 1 seed, is coached by Darrell Borrero.
Waialua’s Marissa Keao pitched a four-hitter. The run she allowed in the sixth was the only one she gave up in 21 innings in the state tournament. Waialua, the O‘ahu Interscholastic Association champion and No. 2 seed, is coached by Jay Keao.
Neither team had a hit through three innings with the ball never leaving the infield. Kaua‘i had runners reach on fielding error and ball, while Waialua’s only baserunner reached on a throwing error.
Both teams mounted threats in the fourth.
In the top of the inning, Kaua‘i’s Wailana Borrero lined a one-out double down the left-field line on an 0-2 pitch. Clean-up hitter Iwata followed with a grounder to the shortstop, who looked Borrero back to second and threw high to first. The Red Raiders wound up with runners at the corners, but Marissa Keao struck out the next two batters to escape damage.
In the bottom half, Waialua (13-2-1) had two on and one out after a walk and fielding error on the third baseman on a bunt. A fieler’s choice from the mound to third and another ground out to the mound helped Wailana Borrero get out of the inning.